Example sentences of "[prep] a few [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the first few tens of Ma Jupiter would cool so quickly that it hardly matters what the initial temperatures were provided that they were at least a few times 10 000 K. After a few hundred Ma , the exact time depending on the initial temperatures but in any case a small fraction of Jupiter 's lifetime , the rate of cooling would be far less . |
| 2 | She had been ridiculously cheap because of a few slight zebra markings . |
| 3 | If the tapping of telephones of trade unionists in industrial disputes is difficult to justify , even less justifiable is the evidence of the routine and systematic interception of telephones of a few key union leaders . |
| 4 | A sample of a few hundred census records is often just as useful as a database of several thousands . |
| 5 | Try placing the unit under load ( a current of a few hundred mA would be useful ) and see if the voltage drop across R13 increases . |
| 6 | The finished string of a few hundred amino acids will , in a suitable liquid medium at a suitable temperature , fold up to form a three-dimensional globular structure , the active protein . |
| 7 | Then the thousand or so readers of a few imported fashion magazines ( which it seemed would be prohibited because they contained foreign tobacco advertisements ) momentarily rallied key support from the free speech lobby . |
| 8 | The top picture was composed of agrimony leaves and alchemilla flowers , with the addition of a few pink larkspur and red hawthorn flowers . |
| 9 | What follows is a consideration of a few vital food elements outlining their importance to the health of older people , and looking at the effect that dietary deficiency might have on what have hitherto been considered normal factors in the ageing process . |
| 10 | With the exception of a few short magazine contributions and the revision of the serial The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved for publication in book form , it brought to an end a career in prose fiction which had seen the publication of 14 novels and some 40 stories , and earned Hardy a place among the greatest 19th-century novelists . |
| 11 | But the way he works at his game , do n't rule out the possibility of a few more wonder balls this summer . |
| 12 | It would include things like a few national demonstration projects , encouragement of associations of private residential homes , encouragement of training programmes , there are one or two area in the country — eg Norfolk — where the health authority offers training to the private sector , on the grounds that if it can share its experience and expertise they can help boost the overall quality of care available within their area . |
| 13 | Most woodland is now found west of the River Arun , the downs further east being notably lacking in tree cover except for a few extensive forestry plantations , which now form a high proportion of all downland woodland . |
| 14 | I fancied that except for a few corrugated iron roofs it still looked the same as when he had been here . |
| 15 | I wandered round the spectacular mall , deserted except for a few armed security guards , paint-smart in peaked hats and short-sleeved shirts . |
| 16 | At Lima bus station an unemployed mining engineer , who would later sting me for a few thousand intis , told me , ‘ This country , something really wrong with it . |
| 17 | ‘ And we are ready for a few strong pep talks before the matches at Woodbrook ! |
| 18 | Therefore , to whom belongs the credit for this near miraculous escape from falling victim yet again to socialist ideology and dogma , which is in decline and disrepute everywhere , except for a few Third World countries ? |
| 19 | ‘ Dear Batty , I needed money for booze so all I did was rip off a few thousand cup final tickets supposed to be for our lot and flog 'em to some scum supporters . |
| 20 | The spores do germinate , go through a few perfunctory cell divisions , then give up the ghost . |
| 21 | Without bothering to confirm the report , Guretzky-Cornitz passed it on to Army HQ , embellished with a few boastful addenda of his own . |
| 22 | In cases around the room lie the collected fragmentary treasures of human ancestry , mostly skulls , jaws and teeth with a few partial limb bones . |
| 23 | Whether it has been recently fired will only be shown with a few additional laboratory tests . |
| 24 | He knew he must look barely human , a robotic skeleton with a few charred scarecrow tatters hanging from the steel . |
| 25 | The pale , polished maplewood floor was strewn with a few vibrant kelim rugs . |
| 26 | The market expects a jump in profits from £3.4m to £4.2m pre-tax this year and news of further contract awards , together with a few senior management appointments , is expected soon . |
| 27 | They were exactly the sort you 'd expect to see at this kind of activity : mostly middle-aged or older Americans or Germans in running shoes , with a few earnest Guardian readers thrown in for local colour . |
| 28 | You could experiment with a few different distortion pedals . |
| 29 | The canoeing is mostly grade I racks with a few tight grade I+/II shoots ; there is one grade II at Bogroy footbridge , a twisting descent over 3 rock ledges , and the photographically spectacular grade III in the centre of Carrbridge itself . |
| 30 | Luckily by then we had enough material — together with a few more worry lines . |